§ Mr. STEPHEN MITCHELLasked the Minister of Agriculture the expenditure in connection with the foot-and-mouth disease scientific committee since March of last year; and what the available funds for this purpose amount to?
Mr. WOODA grant of £10,000 from the Development Fund was sanctioned by the Treasury for the work of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Scientific Committee during the present financial year, and of this sum £5.500 was expended up to the 28th February. A grant of £15,000 has been approved to meet the expenses of the Committee in the coming financial year: this is the sum estimated by the Committee to be required.